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Wilco Chords & Tabs

Wilco Chords & Tabs

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Wilco Chords

   
Song:   Wilco (the song)
Band:   Wilco
Album:  (Live performance)
Tuning: Standard, down 1 whole step


Note:  This was taken from the 10/30/2008 Wilco performance on Comedy
Central's "The Colbert Report".  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3XHusLu7SU

The general rhythm of the song is 4:4, 2 chords per measure, all done as 
bar chords.  The "A G E" sequence is better transcribed as:

   1   2    3   4     1   2     3   4
   A/A/A/A  G/G/G/G   E/E/F/E   -/E/Esus2/E

   A      5776xx
   G      3554xx
   E      0769xx
   F      887Txx  (T=10)
   Esus2  096xxx

It sounds OK using normal shapes, playing the Esus2 as Em.  Other bar
chords are documented below:

   Am     57755x
   B      799877
   F#     244322
   C#m    9EE999  (E=11)


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INTRO:
  [A] [G] [E] (4x)


VERSE 1:
  [A] - Are you [G] under the im-[E]-pression
  [A] - This [G] isn't your [E] life
  [A] - Do you [G] dabble in de-[E]-pression

  [Am] Is someone twisting a [E] knife in your back
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/wilco/wilco_crd.html ]
  [B] - Are you being at-[E]-tacked
  [B] - Oh this is a [F#] fact, that you need to
  [A] Know, oh, oh, oh, oh 
  Wil-[E]-co, Wil-[E]-co, Wil-[E]-co will love you 


INSTRUMENTAL:
  [A] Baby [G] [E]
  [A] [G] [E]


VERSE 2:
  [A] - When [G] times getting [E] tough,
  [A] - All the [G] roads you [E] travel rough,
  [A] - Have you [G] had e-[E]-nough uh-oh,
  [Am]- Tired of being ex-[E]-posed to the cold,

  [B] - Stare at your [E] stereo,
  [B] - Put on your head-[F#]-phones, don't pull out your 
  [A] Hair, oh, oh, oh, oh 
  Col-[E]-bert, Col-[E]-bert, Col-[E]-bert will love you 


INSTRUMENTAL:
  [A] Baby [G] [E]
  [A] [B] [C#m]


BRIDGE:
  [C#m] - So many wars that just can't be 
  [E] Won, ahh [F] ahh, [E] ahh,

  [C#m] - Even before the battles be-
  [E]-gun, oh [F] oh, [E] oh,
  [C#m] - This is another with arms open 
  [F#] Wide, a sonic shoulder for you to [A] cry on,

  Wil-[E]-co, Wil-[E]-co will love you 


INSTRUMENTAL:
  [A] Baby [G] [E]
  [A] [G] [E]
  [A] [G] [E]


FINALE:
  [Am] Is someone twisting a [E] knife in your back
  [B] - Are you being at-[E]-tacked
  [B] - Oh this is a [F#] fact, that you need to
  [A] Know, oh, oh, oh, oh 

  Wil-[E]-co, Wil-[E]-co, Wil-[E]-co, Wil-[E]-co, 
  Wil-[E]-co will love you 
  [A] Baby [G] [E]


--crookedpath